Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Türkiye
Türkiye: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 1,027 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Türkiye, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 1,027 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Türkiye peaked at 1,027 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 973.93 1000 ha, in 2001.
Türkiye ranks 2nd of 20 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 973.93 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 978.74 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 980.05 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 980.38 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 981.17 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 981.67 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 983.49 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 985.64 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 986.46 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 987.85 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 989.27 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 991.31 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 993.16 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 996.04 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 999.24 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,002 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,007 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,010 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,013 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,016 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,022 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,024 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,027 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 981.28 1000 ha | 973.93 1000 ha | 986.46 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 998.98 1000 ha | 987.85 1000 ha | 1,013 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,021 1000 ha | 1,016 1000 ha | 1,027 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Türkiye
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.628 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.93 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 42.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -26.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 209,778 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Türkiye?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Türkiye was 1,027 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 1,027 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 973.93 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Türkiye rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Türkiye ranks 2nd out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.